The 1997–98 UEFA Champions League had two qualifying rounds to determine which 16 teams would play in the group stage, along with the eight teams that had qualified automatically. Teams from the higher-ranked UEFA nations received byes to the second qualifying round. Losing teams in the first qualifying round were eliminated from European competition for the season, while the losing teams from the second qualifying round were put into the draw for the first round of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup.

First qualifying round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Derry City Republic of Ireland 0–3 Slovenia Maribor Branik 0–2 0–1
Košice Slovakia 4–0 Iceland ÍA 3–0 1–0
Partizan Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–5 Croatia Croatia Zagreb 1–0 0–5
Valletta Malta 1–2 Latvia Skonto 1–0 0–2
Pyunik Armenia 3–6 Hungary MTK Hungária 0–2 3–4
Crusaders Northern Ireland 2–8 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 1–3 1–5
Sileks Kratovo North Macedonia 1–3 Israel Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 0–3
Steaua București Romania 5–3 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 3–3 2–0
Constructorul Chişinău Moldova 3–4 Belarus MPKC Mozyr 1–1 2–3
Lantana Estonia 0–3 Finland Jazz 0–1 0–2
GÍ Faroe Islands 0–11 Scotland Rangers 0–5 0–6
Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan 0–10 Poland Widzew Łódź 0–2 0–8
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 6–0 Wales Barry Town 2–0 4–0
Sion Switzerland 5–0 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 4–0 1–0
Anorthosis Cyprus 4–1 Lithuania Kareda Šiauliai 3–0 1–1

First leg

Derry City Republic of Ireland0–2Slovenia Maribor
Report Židan 59'
Gajser 79'
Attendance: 3,120
Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)
Pyunik Armenia0–2Hungary MTK Hungária
Report Illés 83'
Preisinger 90+2'
Attendance: 3,000
Košice Slovakia3–0Iceland ÍA
Semeník 30'
Tóth 40'
Sovič 64'		 Report
Attendance: 5,747
Referee: Aron Huzu (Romania)
Partizan Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–0Croatia Croatia Zagreb
Isailović 84' Report
Attendance: 35,000
Valletta Malta1–0Latvia Skonto
Galea 15' Report
Attendance: 3,535
Referee: Naoum Mintiouris (Greece)
Sileks Kratovo North Macedonia1–0Israel Beitar Jerusalem
Karanfilovski 54' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)
Steaua București Romania3–3Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Rotariu 8'
Lăcătuș 72'
Munteanu 83'		 Report Andonov 47'
Nankov 49', 68'
Attendance: 10,000
Constructorul Chişinău Moldova1–1Belarus MPKC Mozyr
Apachiţei 18' Report Berishvili 23'
Attendance: 5,500
Lantana Estonia0–2Finland FC Jazz Pori
Report Nieminen 4', 76'
Attendance: 466
GÍ Faroe Islands0–5Scotland Rangers
Report Negri 19'
Durie 25', 80'
McCoist 65', 90'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)
Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan0–2Poland Widzew Łódź
Report Terlecki 23'
Dembiński 43'
Attendance: 5,000
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine2–0Wales Barry Town
Rebrov 31'
Maksymov 83'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)
Sion Switzerland4–0Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
Lipawsky 5', 45'
Seoane 15'
Derivaz 61'		 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Amit Klein (Israel)
Anorthosis Cyprus3–0Lithuania Kareda Šiauliai
Krčmarević 20'
Okkas 47', 81'		 Report
Attendance: 5,457
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

Second leg

Maribor Slovenia1–0Republic of Ireland Derry City
Drobne 49' Report
Attendance: 5,463

Maribor won 3–0 on aggregate.

MTK Hungária Hungary4–3Armenia Pyunik
Illés 18', 41'
Preisinger 47'
Kuttor 74'		 Report Sanamyan 81', 86'
Shahgeldyan 85'
Attendance: 1,787
Referee: Gary Williard (England)

MTK Hungária won 6–3 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country)5–1Northern Ireland Crusaders
Iashvili 20', 34'
Mujiri 44', 59'
Khomeriki 79'		 Report Hunter 57'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Ahmet Cakar (Turkey)

Dinamo Tbilisi won 8–2 on aggregate.

ÍA Iceland0–1Slovakia Košice
Report Faktor 66'
Attendance: 600

Košice won 4–0 on aggregate.

Croatia Zagreb Croatia5–0Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Marić 12', 42'
Cvitanović 15', 68'
Viduka 23'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000

Croatia Zagreb won 5–1 on aggregate.

Skonto Latvia2–0Malta Valletta
Astafjevs 12'
Miholaps 26'		 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Lars Gerner (Denmark)

Skonto won 2-1 on aggregate.

Beitar Jerusalem Israel3–0North Macedonia Sileks Kratovo
Sallói 5'
Ohana 34'
Hamar 76'		 Report
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Beitar Jerusalem won 3–1 on aggregate.

CSKA Sofia Bulgaria0–2Romania Steaua București
Report Șerban 34'
Reghecampf 49'
Attendance: 20,000

Steaua București won 5–3 on aggregate.

MPKC Mozyr Belarus3–2Moldova Constructorul Chișinău
Denisyuk 7'
Lovchev 50'
Kushnir 65'		 Report Alexa 32'
Comleonoc 69'
Attendance: 5,500

MPKC Mozyr won 4–3 on aggregate.

FC Jazz Pori Finland1–0Estonia FC Lantana
Marco 65' Report
Attendance: 3,760

FC Jazz won 3–0 on aggregate.

Rangers Scotland6–0Faroe Islands GÍ
Durie 22'
Negri 42', 90'
McCoist 48'
Albertz 58'
Ferguson 85'		 Report
Attendance: 44,433
Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

Rangers won 11–0 on aggregate.

Widzew Łódź Poland8–0Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku
Szarpak 6', 76'
Kobylański 8', 70' (pen.)
Marcin Zając 15'
Dembiński 25', 30'
Curteian 66'		 Report
Attendance: 4,769

Widzew Łódź won 10-0 on aggregate.

Barry Town Wales0–4Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Report Byalkevich 52'
Maksymov 64', 77'
Vashchuk 79'
Attendance: 2,380
Referee: Gylfi Þór Orrason (Iceland)

Dynamo Kyiv won 6–0 on aggregate.

Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg0–1Switzerland Sion
Report Zambaz 89'
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Pavlín Jirků (Czech Republic)

Sion won 5–0 on aggregate.

Kareda Šiauliai Lithuania1–1Cyprus Anorthosis
Mikalajūnas 24' Report Mihajlović 16'
Siauliu stadionas, Siauliai
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Anorthosis won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

Losing teams qualified for the first round of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
MTK Hungária Hungary 1–4 Norway Rosenborg 0–1 1–3
Beşiktaş Turkey 3–1 Slovenia Maribor Branik 0–0 3–1
Sion Switzerland 2–8 Turkey Galatasaray 1–4 1–4
Olympiacos Greece 7–2 Belarus MPKC Mozyr 5–0 2–2
Wüstenrot Salzburg Austria 0–3 Czech Republic Sparta Praha 0–0 0–3
IFK Göteborg Sweden 4–1 Scotland Rangers 3–0 1–1
Barcelona Spain 4–2 Latvia Skonto 3–2 1–0
Brøndby Denmark 3–4 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2–4 1–0
Newcastle United England 4–3 Croatia Croatia Zagreb 2–1 2–2 (aet)
Feyenoord Netherlands 8–3 Finland Jazz 6–2 2–1
Bayer Leverkusen Germany 6–2 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 6–1 0–1
Košice Slovakia 2–1 Russia Spartak Moscow 2–1 0–0
Steaua București Romania 3–5 France Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 0–5
Widzew Łódź Poland 1–7 Italy Parma 1–3 0–4
Beitar Jerusalem Israel 0–3 Portugal Sporting CP 0–0 0–3
Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus 2–3 Belgium Lierse 2–0 0–3

Note: Winning teams of the first qualifying round were drawn against teams qualified directly for the second qualifying round. Because of the unequal number of teams (15 and 17), Wüstenrot Salzburg and Sparta Prague had to play against each other.

First leg

Beşiktaş Turkey0–0Slovenia Maribor Branik
Report
Attendance: 20,000
MTK Hungária Hungary3–2Norway Rosenborg
Egressy 10', 45'
Kenesei 49'		 Report Rushfeldt 14'
Brattbakk 30'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
MTK Hungária Hungary0–1Norway Rosenborg
Report Rushfeldt 87'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

Note: The first match was abandoned after 68 minutes because the lights went out in the stadium. The leg was replayed from scratch a day later.

Olympiacos Greece5–0Belarus MPKC Mozyr
Niniadis 51'
Gogić 61', 68'
Georgatos 77'
Alexandris 83'		 Report
Attendance: 42,000
Wüstenrot Salzburg Austria0–0Czech Republic Sparta Praha
Report
Attendance: 6,500
IFK Göteborg Sweden3–0Scotland Rangers
Petterson 55'
Karlsson 57'
Eriksson 89'		 Report
Attendance: 23,126
Barcelona Spain3–2Latvia Skonto
Giovanni 27', 70'
Stoichkov 90' (pen.)		 Report Babičevs 26'
Miholaps 46'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Fernand Meese (Belgium)
Brøndby Denmark2–4Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Bagger 21'
Daugaard 88' (pen.)		 Report Husin 7'
Shevchenko 34'
Rebrov 76'
Holovko 78'
Attendance: 10,318
Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)
Feyenoord Netherlands6–2Finland FC Jazz Pori
Van Gastel 14' (pen.), 65' (pen.)
Vos 22', 39'
Sanchez 58'
Van Bronckhorst 85'		 Report Marco 28', 70'
Attendance: 24,330
Bayer Leverkusen Germany6–1Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
Lehnhoff 5'
Ramelow 44'
Meijer 47', 62'
Kirsten 56'
Rink 85'		 Report Iashvili 59'
Attendance: 20,500
Košice Slovakia2–1Russia Spartak Moscow
Kožlej 15'
Kozák 42' (pen.)		 Report Dmitriyev 37'
Attendance: 9,270
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

Match awarded because Paris Saint-Germain fielded an ineligible player.

Widzew Łódź Poland1–3Italy Parma
Michalczuk 53' Report Chiesa 28', 47', 49'
Attendance: 12,453
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Beitar Jerusalem Israel0–0Portugal Sporting CP
Report
Attendance: 13,000
Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus2–0Belgium Lierse
Okkas 43'
Mihajlović 89'
Attendance: 7,456
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Second leg

Maribor Branik Slovenia1–3Turkey Beşiktaş
Židan 86' Report Özdilek 45'
Amokachi 60'
Havutçu 62'
Attendance: 7,000

Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.

Rosenborg Norway3–1Hungary MTK Hungária
Jakobsen 14' (pen.), 17'
Brattbakk 83'		 Report Kuttor 77'
Attendance: 15,014
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

Rosenborg won 4–1 on aggregate.

MPKC Mozyr Belarus2–2Greece Olympiacos
Berishvili 3'
Kushnir 19'		 Report Anatolakis 9'
Niniadis 53'
Attendance: 4,000

Olympiacos won 7–2 on aggregate.

Sparta Praha Czech Republic3–0Austria Wüstenrot Salzburg
Baranek 28'
Lokvenc 42'
Svoboda 56'		 Report
Attendance: 15,628
Referee: Vágner László (Hungary)

Sparta Praha won 3–0 on aggregate.

Rangers Scotland1–1Sweden IFK Göteborg
Miller 23' Report R. Andersson 49'
Attendance: 45,585

IFK Göteborg won 4–1 on aggregate.

Skonto Latvia0–1Spain Barcelona
Report Anderson 50'
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine0–1Denmark Brøndby
Report Colding 18'
Attendance: 17,000

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.

Croatia Zagreb Croatia2–2 (a.e.t.)England Newcastle United
Šimić 58'
Cvitanović 90+2'		 Report Asprilla 44' (pen.)
Ketsbaia 119'
Attendance: 34,000

Newcastle United won 4–3 on aggregate.

FC Jazz Pori Finland1–2Netherlands Feyenoord
Laaksonen 37' Report Boateng 21'
Van Gastel 90'
Attendance: 2,720
Referee: Aron Husu (Romania)

Feyenoord won 8–3 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country)1–0Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Mujiri 11' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

Bayer Leverkusen won 6–2 on aggregate.

Spartak Moscow Russia0–0Slovakia Košice
Report
Attendance: 22,000

Košice won 2–1 on aggregate.

Paris Saint-Germain France5–0Romania Steaua București
Raí 2', 21' (pen.), 55' (pen.)
Simone 30'
Maurice 40'		 Report
Attendance: 42,585

Paris Saint-Germain won 5–3 on aggregate.

Parma Italy4–0Poland Widzew Łódź
Pedros 37'
Sensini 41', 53'
Adaílton 79'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000

Parma won 7–1 on aggregate.

Sporting CP Portugal3–0Israel Beitar Jerusalem
Yordanov 5'
Leandro 55', 63'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Sporting CP won 3–0 on aggregate.

Lierse Belgium3–0Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta
Van Meir 21' (pen.)
Hasenhüttl 47'
Tomić 84' (o.g.)
Attendance: 6,000

Lierse won 3–2 on aggregate.

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